Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

प्रत्यक्षं दुरितं तत्र दृश्यते फलरूपतः । तत्र तीर्थे तु यो राजन्नेकचित्तो जितेन्द्रियः

Transliteration

pratyakṣaṃ duritaṃ tatra dṛśyate phalarūpataḥ | tatra tīrthe tu yo rājannekacitto jitendriyaḥ

Translation

وہاں گناہ اپنے پھل کی صورت میں براہِ راست دکھائی دیتا ہے۔ اور اس تیرتھ میں، اے راجن، جو یکسو اور ضبطِ نفس والا ہو…

Word by Word

• प्रत्यक्षम्: manifest, directly perceptible
• प्रत्यक्षम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रत्यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण (neuter nom/acc sg, adjective)

• दुरितम्: sin, misdeed
• दुरितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुरित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb of place)

• दृश्यते: is seen, becomes visible
• दृश्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, वर्तमानकाल; आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (present, 3rd sg, Ātmanepada)

• फलरूपतः: as a result/in the form of fruit
• फलरूपतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: फल-रूप (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित)
• Form: तद्धितान्त अव्यय; -तस् प्रत्यय (ablatival adverb) (indeclinable: 'in the form of/resulting as')

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb of place)

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/pilgrimage place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन (locative sg)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun, masc nom sg)

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन (vocative sg)

• एकचित्तः: single-minded
• एकचित्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक-चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण (masc nom sg, adjective)

• जितेन्द्रियः: having conquered the senses
• जितेन्द्रियः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जित-इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle) 'जित' + 'इन्द्रिय'; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण (masc nom sg)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājā (addressed as ‘rājan’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king is instructed at a riverside tīrtha; the atmosphere suggests that sins manifest as visible consequences—shadowy forms dissolving near sacred waters—while the pilgrim stands composed, senses restrained.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṇamocana Tīrtha
• king (listener, unspecified)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Karma is not abstract: wrongdoing ripens into tangible results; therefore the pilgrim should cultivate restraint and focused mind at sacred places.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Revā-bank tīrtha previously named Ṛṇamocana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An inner discipline is prescribed: ekāgratā (single-mindedness) and indriya-jaya (sense-control) as qualifications for tīrtha practice.